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' _ 1 -,-. v. , ... vit ..,:, - : • ~,,,,.. , ~.,,40 i: ,' ' If.o ~,,,,.._.•,' -.mom ' dr ';',,N . : - .4;,-..- GI i''-' <- ~ ~;.. • ,4„::....- ..., .t-- 0. '.- , ,'• . " WNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest PRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at th e R e t a il H ouses i n L on don ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded '— Rinahan's LL Whisky." THE SUN, LONDON, TUE - DAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1864. No. 22.383. PR1CE...... ...4d. STAMPED'....Sd. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, Consisting. of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, &e.. is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and 011 Bundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. THE ORIGINAL ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, lolsh, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Game, &e. Preoared only by the proprietors, Tnos. Bum and Co., 10, Rath-pl see, Ralston, London, N.E. THE DUTCH TRA MWAY COMPANY (Limited). Registered under the Companies Act, 186`2, with limited , . liability. Capital £50,000, in 5,010 shares of £lO each. Deposit on application £1 r or share, and £2 on allotment. D. Chairman — John Chynow lßECTOßS eth, Esq., Holland Park, Notting bill N. D. Goldsmid, Esq., Director Hague Gas Works Company, The Hague. Jam Q s F. Gregory, Esq., Director Hague Gas Works Com pany, lirusse s. J. Landry, Esq., Banker. The Hague. J. Van Lennep, Esq., Chairman Amsterdam Water Work Company,Macdona Am s terdam. Alexander ld, Esq., 24, Jermvn-street, St. James's. Cornelius Waltord, Esq., Little Park, Enfi Jlales White, Esq., Upton Park, Slough. ENINEERS. Messrs. Street and Mar mo nt G , 4, Parliament•st., Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hughes, Masterman, an 1 Hughes, 17, Budlersbury, London. J De Bas, Esq., The Hague. BROKER. James Shepherd, Esq , Auction Mart, Bank. lIINKERS. Alliance Bank (Limited), L0 4 . - Ibury. P. J. Landry, Esq.. The Hague. Le Geyt Daniell, Es AUDITORS. , 2, Royal Exchange-builiins. dlessrs. Cooper Brothers and Co., Public Accounta g nts, 13, George-street, Mansion House. SECRETARY. Mr. G. F. Smith. Offices-16, Cannon-street, E.C. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out concessions for making and working Tramways in the King dom of Holland and adjacent statos. A concession or a dlible Tramway from the Hague to Scheveningue (the Brighton of Holland) has already been obtained on fav,iur able terms, and a contract has been co , chided with respon sible English contractors, by which they undertake to pier th4se the land, to make the lines, and provide all the rolling stock, horses, for the sum of £lO,OOO. The remaining 4.10,000 will be requited for a working", o,pital. The works are in active pr , gress, and will be completed and brought into operation in the course of the month of May text. The line will commence in the principal square in the town of the Hague, and follow he ordinary route to Scheveningu e returning by another route, via the Canal and Zoological ardeny, to the s ame s t a t ion, b e i ng a total length of about ven English miles. Sc heveningue, the only marine suburb in Holland, is re -6P rora tel 'o bilarge numbers of visitors, chiefly f rom A ms t er - Rottero am, Utrecht, a n d o th er t owns. minute information furnished by the town authori ties, th e number of vehicles employed in this traffic has been ascertained to make 110 000 journeys a year, each copveyi g on ^n average six persons, and the total number of visitors now entering Scheveningue in carriages and on foot amounts to about 4, 00,0 0 a year; of these it may fairly be estimated that one-fourth will travel by the Tramway. In addition thereto, about 20,000 t ons of fish, merchandise, and provisions are carried annua ll y b etween the Hague and Scheveningue, o' which it is assumed that one-halt at least will be carried by the Tramway. From existing sources of traffic an annual income of at least £20,000 m ay safely be calculated upon. From carefully prepared estimates of the cost of horse keep. wa.zcs, a repairs, and every co n ti ngenc y, th e genera l re sult is that net dividend of not less than 15 per cent, on the proposed capital may fairl, be relied upon. A large number of shares has already b en subscribed for in Holland, which furnishes a proof of the high e4timation in which this undertaking is held by the Dutch people. Ap plications for the remaining* shares may be made to the Brokers, or to the Secretary, at the Offices,l6, Cannon-street, but no application will be considered unless accpmpanied ny a deposit of £1 per share ; should no allotment be made to the a plicant, this sum will be returned en full. March, 1854. THE DUTCH TRAM WAY COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREB (Limited).Y GIVEN, no f arther ap after 'I for Sh ares in the above Company that will be received after 'IIILTItSDAY NEXT, March, 2lth inst. I . 3 lOWir: -. C. F. SMITH, Secretary. Offices, 16, Cannon-street, EX.. March 19, 1861. THE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY Capital (rattin 10,000 shares ofOUGLAS to £lo each, with usual PEEL. . borrowing- 00 ,0 000, t in Powers. D epos i t Li per s h are on a pplic a ti o n, payment on allotment £1 10s. per share. Samuel Gib son Gett DIRECTORS. y , P , Belfast. on Wi lliam Al'Corrnic, EEsqs.q , ,1)., Ldonderry, and Regent's - Pa/ l s, London. .AL I\l nichard A. Mould, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool. T. Harrison Ridl ey, Esq., Merchant. Liverpool. Joseph Rigby, Esq., Kew, Surrey. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. Messrs, Dunibell, Sop, and Howard, t)ouglas. ENGINEER. Hemans, Esq., C. E., 13, Queen.square,Westminster. OLICITO RS. Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's. build ings, Liver?onl. Samuel Harris, Esq., Douglas. AUDITOR. Thomas W. Read, Esq., 30, Castle street, Liverpool. SECRETARY. Thomas Bagot, Beg , 5, James-street, Liverpool. BROKERS. • B. Drinkwater, Esq, 32, Exchange. st. East, Liverpool. Charles Stanley, Esq., 3, Throgmorton• street, London. d wanl Ashworth, Esq., Exchange- chambers, Manchester. Beverley, Esq., Leeds. This Company has been formed for the construction of a Itailway from Douglas to Peel (passing through St. John's), in the Isle of Man. The improved trade of these important to wns, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing Population of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the latunber of visitors during late years, call for the immediate i ntroduction of railways. The Agricultural capabilities of the Island are great ; and its Mineral products are acknowledged to be rich in yield and avove average value ; whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited supply of Sea weed for Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of l and-carriage, have hitherto rendered these advantages com- Paratively unavailable. Slate Quarries are in active operation ; and the quality of the Slate is equal in closeness of grain and durability to any produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granite near St. John's compares favourably with that now used in the Liverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by means of railway facilities, become available for export. One of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St. John's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is also the centre of the Foxdale mining district. The produce of these mines is now brought by land-carriage (there being no water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly ten miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are conveyed into the interior by the same mode. Besides these items of traffic, the Fairs, which are frequently held during the year in this district, must add considerably to the annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castletown, Ramsey, and L axey : D ouglas b eing the chief port, and the great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of arrival and departure of the steam packets plying to and from the Island. At the port of Peel the fisheries are prin cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels; the place of destination for the produce is Douglas ; the route is tedious, and the transit by the existing means ex pensive.. The access to the Island is easy, and the means of corn munication with Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven, Silloth, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and other ports, both by sailing and steam vessels, are frequent and convenient. Hence, Tourists visit the Island in large numbers, above 100,000 passengers havi n g b een l an d e d a t it s P or t s during the past year. Such Visitors, attracted by the antiquarian relics, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a matter of course, go by the proposed Railway from Douglas to the interior, and across the Island to Peel. The highest medical authorities bear testimony to the salubrity of the climate and purity of the water. The Picturesque is united with the more solid advantage of cheap living, provisions being abundant and comparatively inex pensive, whilst the rates of duties on foreign produce are so small as to render the Island most advantageous as a per manent place of residenee. Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities aro now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel. The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula tion along it are most favourable to the project. From Statistics recently collected on the spot, with much care, by competent persons, and well supported by Official Returns, it is confidently expected that the Traffic win re !urn a good Dividend upon the Invested Capital, The fol lowing is an Estimate of the Traffic : k'assengers, inclusive of Tourists £7,500 per annum. Goods, Minerals, Fi s h, &c' 6,500 Parcels and Mails £l3 Working Expen ses a t even 50 per Cent, 6,500 Leaving for Dividend £6,6bo Plans, Sections, &c., of the Line are completed, and all necessary forms are being complied with, in accordance with the St: nding Orders of the Court of Tynwald to obtain an Act of the Local Parliament. Neither Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island, and those heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the Value of Railway property in England and other countries, to less than to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can -210, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this Lino. An eminent Contractor's firm have agreed to purchase the land, make the Railway, provide and fit up all Stations, furnish Rolling Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs, upon satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent, per Annum will be allowed, until the opening of the Line, on the amount Paid upon shares. An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY COMPANY the 2 NOTICE (Limited). APL IS HEREBY GIVEN, that THURSDAY next, ith I.l , reh i ns t ant , is the LAS!' DAY upon which APPLICATIONS tor SHARES may be made. By order of the Board. 1 41115, B rown's - baildiDgs, March 17, 661. T - PERSONS SEEKING LANDED it;',:i.kATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FI , EEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND fROPERrIES GENERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection Of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OP PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the partictears of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur cnaser is introduced throng:li Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. CITEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK. The British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for New York:— Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2,00 ..... 510 Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER 2,500 ..... 500 Capt. Couch. DUBLIN 2 5OO 500 ..... Capt. FROUD. NEW YORK 2 5OO ..... 500 I apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence at an early date ; the exact day to be fixed in a latter announce ment. To load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Co., 70, Cornhill. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J Shaw Lefevre, Esq.,M.P. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. 'John Martin, Esq. harles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. .Tames Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. "ohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. William Steven, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. 'ORS. AUD' Lewis Loyd, Esq.. 1 Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, Jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF ?ARMAMENT, this Company now offers to new In urers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company In 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in ash valua £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amountedto upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £07,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, ndepenthnt of the capital, exceeded .0,618,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. No expelse is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be yond the prymmt of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. . - - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire at Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS. No. 1, St. James's — street, corner of Pall-Mall; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to the Secretary. T HE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. By FELIX M. M ILL 1 4:11, Professor of Sculpture, Govern ment Sch)ol of Art, published under the special sanction of the National Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente nary Committees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. Copies Will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub scribers only, and are executed in— Wedtwood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One Guinea. French Terra Cotta 15 ~ ~ One Guinea. Bronze 8 ~ If Three Guineas Subscribers' names received by the agents in Lo.. don and chief provincial towns (where copies of the Bust may be seen), or by the publishers, , HOWELL, JAMES, and Co., Goldsmiths, &c., By anp , ittment to the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales, 5,7, and 9, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. Photographs and prospectuses forwarded post free on ap plication. THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale prices, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMIDA SHERRY .. at 18s. per doz. TIT E VINTAGE CII,OIPAGNE.. ...... „ 275. „ T TIE VINTAGE CLARET , I's. „ THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. „ Medical and Clerical Testimonials, together with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Four Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. 14, Bloomsbury -street, 4 d ors south of New Oxford-street. QOllO ESTATE. HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES. —Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and Houses to be disposel of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MU KRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, Sze. Rents Collected. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Tndizestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Thcir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at Is. lad. .nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remtances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-affice Orders payable at Camber well-park. Address—Bon' and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine tores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing hat c wan be legally done, and the exact cost. To be had gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherlield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Moorgate street, Bank. N.B. —Debts recovered on commission, without law ex pellees to clients. BENSON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate and country: wholesale and retail. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeating, centre seconds, keyless, astronomical, reversible, and chronograph watches, from 200 to three guineas each. • An illustrated pamphlet and price list of every description of watch post free for two stamps. J. W. BENSON, by special warraat of appointment watch and clock maker to H.R. H. the Prince of Wales. Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C. pRIZE ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &a, &0•• To the Queen and the nince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to ho exec:Bence of the quality of Messrs. Teeters' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co.. on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Flatted Wicks, patented.. 7 s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality :s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. ............Is. sd. per lb. Second quality • • • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .. le. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory — Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishmmt in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. TEETH. --Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set oi teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, IV ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. K. AYE'S WORSDELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills are a purely veo•etable preparation, and may be taken At any time by either sex without fear or danger. They act upon the bowels mildly yet effectually, and by their fine tonic, aromatic, and aperient properties, they remove all oppressive accumulations, regulate the secretions of the liver and bowels, strengthen the stomach, and purify the blood. Unlike many remedies, they do not induce liability to take cold or esta blish a necessity for the habitual use of purgatives, and are thus strongly recommended as the - BEST FAMILY MEDICINE. ----- Prepared solely by John Kaye, Esq., of Prospect Hall, Woodford, Essex. Sold by all chemists and other dealers in patent medicines, at Is lid, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d. Wholesale Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. T.AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption , t^ effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, Lond on , and by all druggists, in bottles, 13td., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's AsthmatiC Balsam, The name and address ae. engraved on the stamp. NOTICE, ASECOND EDITION OF " BARBARA'S HISTORY," by AMELIA B. EDWARDS, Will be ready on Thursday, March 21, in 3 vols. 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Stec and Share Broker, 11, Token house yard, E.C. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LA.WRANCE, Secy. STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY .+IVEN, That NO APPLICA TIONS for the MORTGAGE BONDS will be entertained after WEDNESDAY next, the 23d inst., for London, and THURSDAY, the 24th inst., for the country. By order of the Board. FREDERICK LA WRANCE, Secretary. SHAKSPERE SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. Under the Patronage of her nost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN and his Royal thrill:less the PRINCE of The Council of the Royal Dramatic College, considering that the present is a favourabe opportunity for promoting one of the main purposes of the Institution they have founded, beg to invite public surport in aid of the EREC HON and ENDOWMENT of a SIL , ,KSPERE SCHOOL for the classical and general education. with scholarships, of the Children of Actors or Actresse and Dramatic Authors—the noblest and most fitting Morument to the memory of the Player and Poet. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College beg to apprize the public, that all Subscriptims intended for the endow• ment of the Snakspere Schoo' should be paid only to the Master, New Theatre Royal Adelphi ; or to Messrs. Coutts, Bankers, Strand, London. A Public Meeting will shorty be held in the Royal Adelphi Theatre to advance this objet, of which due notice will be given. The friends of education, ladies, noblemen, gentlemen, and others interested in carrybg out this design, are requested to communicate with the unlersigned. BEN/AMIN WEBSTER, Master. - Feb. 27, 18E4. • Committee Room (openfrom 11 till 4), 411, Strand. Secretary, 51. Thomas Stuart. SEI ORTHAND.-PNMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHEI. 6d.; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND.-P,TM AN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, Is. 6d. H 0 R THAN p.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPIIY forms n exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient —systea of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland MIL MADAME RACIEL, whose talents have gained for her her worldtenowned name, is the great restorer of female you h, grace, end loveliness, by removin all im perfections, and giving the appearance or youth and g* beauty to persons however advsnced in years, which has caused her name to stand as the ma^va of the age. Madame Rachelbegs leave to say that all °ilia* persons presuming to style them selves enamellers and restorers of youth and beauty commit a gross fraud upon lades and the public at large, for many persons have endeavoucd to copy her who are ignorant of her beautiful art; and cho, by vending dangerous cosmetics, the prin3ipal ingredients in which are composed of the most deadly leads and other injurious compounds, ha, e been the means of blighting rainy a young and lovely face.-47A, New Bond-street. INDIA. By the arrival of the Bombay mail w© have r, ceived advices from Bombay to Feb. 29, and from Calcutta to Feb. 20. Sir John Lawrence has been suffering from indis position. His Excellency has placed himself under the treatment of Dr. Tonnerre, a homccapathist. His Excellency gave his first public ball on the 15:h of February, to which no natives of India were invited. This exclusion had given great offence to the native community. The Bombay Gazette thus refers to this occurrence : One of the earliest acts of Sir John Lawrence as Viceroy and Governor-General has been to put a stop to the one sided social intercourse which has hitherto existed in India between Europeans and natives, by omitting to invite any native gentlemen to the first ball given him in Calcutta. It appears that the leaders of the native community at Cal cutta lately offered a direct insult to the Lieutenant-Gover nor of Bengal by sending prostitutes to the Agricultural Exhibition on a day set apart for the reception of native ladies there by the most distinguished Englishwomen of the presidency. This alone was enough to provoke the indig nation of even the most tolerant of Englishmen ; but, with out this, one who knows so ranch of India and Indian ways of thinking as Sir John Lawrence is of course cognisant of the opinions which the people of this as of all other Orien tal countries have on the subject of dancing, and must therefore have been glad of the opportunity of letting all India understand that henceforth natives who, in spite of their loud professions of faith in the excellence of western ideas about society, are ashamed to bring their own wives and daughters to public assemblies, will be kept at a distance instead of being courted by the English community. His Excellency Sir Hugh Rose is stated to have tendered his resignation, and it is added that his resignation has been accepted. Other statements, consequent on this, are made ; that Sir Robert Napier, K.C.8., is to suc cee d to the Command.in- Chief of the Indian army ; and that his seat in the Imperial Council will be filled by Colonel Elliot. Sir Hugh Rose has issued an order providing that in future the hospitals of European soldiers shallbe attended by European nurses instead of native ayahs. The nurses are to be chosen from among the sol diers' wives of good character in each regiment, who while finding useful occupations for themselves, will be able to do much towards alleviating the unhappy lot of the invalid European soldiers. The Akhood of Swat has directed all his people to arm, as he fears an attack from us in the spring. The Bengal Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution in favour of a subsidiary gold currency for India. The following are the terms in which it worded : That this meeting is of opinion that the introduction of gold, as an auxiliary currency, into India would prove very beneficial, and that the committee be instructed to address the government of India on the subject, and pray for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the best mode of introducing such an auxiliary currency. The Englishman, in referring to this meeting, says :—" To propose to get Government merely to introduce gold as an auxiliary currency to silver is weak enough, but it is a very doubtful question whether the introduction cf gold as a legal tender will be of any material advantage. This q ue stion was not discussed. The still more important question of a paper currency w as not even a ll u d e d to. '' Gen. Sir Neville Chamberlain has been compelled, by the state of his health, to leave India fo r a ti me . The cotton crop of Western Indi a w ill , i t i s feared, be short this year. Much more t h an t h e ordinary extent of ground has been taken into cul tivation, but the yield per acre will, it is thought, be small, the crops in Guzerat especi a lly h av i ng been blighted by the severe frost of an unusually cold winter, or spoiled by unseasonable rains. is blocked up, its si ng l e li ne an d PeTnihnesunloarßth-aielawstaeyrn branch of the G rea t I n di an small rolling stock being unequal to the conveyance of the largely increased cotton traffic. The Bhore Ghaut Railway was to be opened for regular pas senger traffic on the 3d of March. Mr. Maine has introduced in the Viceroy's Legis lative Council a bill providing that no Indian labourer shall emigrate without the approval of the magistrate of his district. An important decision has been given in the Small Cause Court of Bombay, recognising the exemption of native prinoes from liability to the jurisdiction of British courts, even when they are residing in Bri tish territory. A turf club of Western India has been formed in Bombay. We read in the Times of India : The resources of India are gradually being developed. A vein of coal or lignite (we have not heard whether it burns With bituminous or eawyreumatio odour), said to be inex haustible, has been opened in the Punjaub. However, it has been tried by the Puajaub Railway Company for its locomotives, the chief engineer pronouncing most favourably on it. The discovery has caused considerable interest in the Punjaub ; for if it prove to be, as it is described, of a quality equal if not superior to that found in Bengal, it will secure the profitable working of an extension of the railway in the Punjaub. The discovery of this vein has been made at Pind Dadun Khan, about 150 miles northward from Lahore, on the banks of the Jhelum, a little to the west of the ordinary road to Peshawur, and contiguous to Mr. An drews' projected line between Lahore and Peshawur. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Gazette of Feb. 27•) Notwithstanding the large arrivals of specie the money market here is again becoming tight, and exchange has in consequence advanced, closing at 2s. 18d. for Bank, and 2s. lid. for first-class credit bills. No change has taken place in the Bank rate since our last report. The share market has been dull, and prices of most descriptions of stock have declined within the past week. The import and export markets have been very dull, and prices are lower. Operators are anxiously awaiting the further development in continental politics, dreading the effect of an European war. The up-country demand for goods has not set in as was ex pected, although stocks are knoun to be very light in the interior. The dearness and scaroity of food is telling very severely on the demand and must be taken into considera tion as being likely seriously to influence the course of the market. A large breadth of the land that was formerly sown in bread stuffs is now devoted to the cultivation of cotton, and the districts which before the high prices of cotton were not only self-feeding but enabled to export a considerable surplus, are now importing in great quantity, and as a consequence the price of all kinds of grain has ad vanced enormously. With the liberal supply of goods on hand we cannot look for much improvement until the up country demand does set in. The markets of Calcutta and Madras are reported as dull as our own, but it is probable that some improvement will speedily take place in Calcutta, when the demand for the North West commences. AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per the Asia.) NEW YORK, March 9. There is no news of importance from the Army of the Potomac. A reconnaissance on the sth to Ely's Ford discovered very few rebels north of the Rapidan. Rumours of General Meade's removal from command are again current at Washington. General Kilpetrick's cavalry expedition reached Williamsburg, after having sustained a loss, vari ously estimated at from 150 to 500 men. General Kilpatrick destroyed a large portion of the Vir ginia Central, and Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroads, and several flour mills on the James river. Skirmishing occurred at various points on the roads, and on the Ist of March Kilpatrick passed the outer line of the Richmond defences, and reached a point only three miles from the city. The rebels were found to be fully prepared for defence, and some heavy artillery fighting ensued. Colonel Dahlgren, with 500 men, after destroying the rail road at Goochiand, was led into an ambush by a negro guide, who was hung for his treachery on the spot. Col. Dahlgren, who was a son of Commodore Dahlgren, was killed, and his command suffered severely, but finally cut its way back to the main body. It was generally expected that this expedi tion would succeed in releasing the Union prisoners in Richmond, and in making important captures. Its failure is attributed to the early discovery of the movement by the rebels, who were consequently enabled to organise too formidable a resistance. The Richmond Sentinel, of March 5, says that papers found on the body of Col. Dahlgren, and other evidences, prove that the intention of the Federals was to give Richmond over to the soldiers to sack, after which it was to be burned, and that for this purpose a force was detailed and provided with oakum and turpentine. A column of troops to co-operate with Kilpatrick was expected to be sent up:the peninsula by General:Butler ; but that force had not appeared. Advices from Knoxville to the sth state that Longstreet was at Greenfield, and that a portion of cis force held Bull's Gap, 54 miles from Knoxville. Very few of his troops are thought to have gone to Georgia. The Federal advance was at Morristown, 42 miles from Knoxville. General Schofield is in command. Longstreet's movements are still con sidered mysterious, and it is not known why he re treated from his strong position at Strawberry Plains. A diepatoh from Chattanooga states that the re bels are passing the Federal lines. The Federal advance has been withdrawn from Tunnel Hill to Ringgold. A tremendous rise in the Tennessee River had swept away the pontoon bridge at Chat tanooga. Nothing official from General Sherman is known to have been received yet, but several reports re present that his army had retreated to Vicksburg, bringing in a great number of negroes and live stock captured oa the march. Deserters state that as soon as Sherman's advance upon Mindan was known, a large force was sent from Atlanta to Montgomery, and 10,000 negroes were set to work upon the defences of Montgomery. General Withers, recently assigned by General Polk to the command of Southern Alabama, was superintending the work upon these fortifications, which were of a very formidable character. Confederate accounts state that General Sher man's army was at Canton, Mississippi, on the 28th ult., in full retreat upon Vicksburg, with the rebel cavalry harassing its rear and flank with decided effect. It was rumoured in Now Orleans on the 29th February that General Sherman had been totally defeated at Chunkey River, not far from Meridan, and his army broken up, having sustained a loss of 15,000 men. General Polk had been very heavily reinforced by Generals Breckinridge and Celiburn, and had overwhelmed him. On the 27th of Feb ruary the rebels had possession of Sherman's line of communication with Vicksburg, and had a heavy cavalry force pressing the rear of his army. This rumour is not credited, although the absence of any reliable intelligence from Sherman's command for so long a time gives great reason for apprehension that he has sustained a reverse. Federal scouts bring in intelligence that the gar rison of Mobile is only 8,000 strong, but that the city can make a desperate resistance in conse quence of its elaborate and formidable defen sive works, which comprise powerful fortifications in the rear, and a network of cables and torpedoes in the harbour. They have also four iron-clads ready for action. Reinforcements have been sent from Hilton Head to Florida, and it is believed that the Federals can hold their position at Jacksonville against any force the rebels can bring against them. The rebels under General Finnegan were between Ten Miles Run and Baldwin. They admit their loss at the battle of Olusta to have been severe. Richmond papers announce more fighting in Florida, and state that General Finnegan had driven the Federals to within three miles of Jacksonville. The Hilton Head correspondent of the Neto York World writes that the Federal loss at the battle of Olusta will nearly reach fifteen hundred, over 400 killed and wounded falling into the hands of the rebels; and that the Florida expedition was under taken under direct orders from IVas.hington, and that its object was a political one. It was rumoured in New Orleans that the com• blued rebel forces of Generals Magruder, Kirby Smith, and Dick Taylor, 20,000 strong, were ad vancing over the plains of Western Louisiana against New Orleans. Also, that the Federals had evacuated Brashear city, and were concentrating to oppose the rebel advance. Advices from North Carolina state that the rebel ironclai:s in the Neuse, Roanoke, and Tar rivers, were ready for service, and it was expected that, conjointly with a heavy land force, they would simultaneously attack Newborn, Plymouth, and Washington. General Peek was making vigorous preparations for their reception. The .Raieigh Standard is reported to have been suppressed by the Richmond authority. The Richmond Sentinel contains the following : " CHARLESTON, March 4. "One hundred and twenty-eight shells were fired at the city yesterday, and one hundred and eight to-day. One white woman was severely wounded this morning. This is the only casualty from twelve hundred and fifty shells fired during the last fort night. The monitors fired a few shells at Sumter tn-day." Admiral Dihlgren is in Washington, and rumour indicate his removal from the command of tha fleet off Charleston. A party of thirty rebels captured the steam trans port Titan, loaded with commissary stores, and a tug boat, in the Chesapeake, on the evening of March 5. The Titan was taken up the Rappa hannock. An attempt to recapture her is to be made. Gen. Grant has arrived in Washington to confer with the Government authorities. His plan of operations will, it is said, have to be entirely changed, in consequence of the failure to dislodge the rebels at Dalton, and the failure of Generals Sherman's and Smith's expeditions. The rank of Lieut.-General recently conferred upon Grant gives him command, under:the Presi dent, of all the armies of the United States, but does not interfere with the position of General Halleck, who remains a General Military Adviser. In the Senate, Mr. Foot, of Vermont, presented a petition praying_for the passage of a law confis cating rebel lands, and distributing them among the freedmen. Referred to committee on slavery. In the House, Mr. Cox, of Ohio, offered a re solution, which was laid over, calling for copies of all correspondence in relation to the exchange of prisoners. The approaching Presidential contest has not yet assumed any definite form, but the papers through out the country are vigorously advocating their respective favourites. Lincoln's, Chase's, and Fre mont's friends are active, and the indications are that each of them will get regular nominations. The German papers in the West are warm in their support of General Fremont ; and he appears also to divide with Mr. Chase the favour of the radi cal or abolition branch of Republicans. The New York Herald still supports General Grant for the Presidency; but it is said that the General is not ambitious of the office. That the Democratic party will unite upon Gen. Grant or Gen. M'Clellan seems quite apparent. The report of the latter, recently published, is doing good service as a poli tical c a mpaign document, and has greatly increased his popularity. The gold diggings in Colorado and Idaho terri tories are proving to be very rich, and bid fair to outrival California. In both territories an immense amount of gold has accumulated in the hands of miners and others, but the insecurity of communi cation with the States prevents its shipment. A great deal is however sent via Salt Lake City to California. It is reported that Gen. Win. Preston, of the rebel army, formerly U. S. Minister to Spain, has gone to represent the Confederate Government at the Court of Maximilian in Mexico, and that he expects to negotiate a very favourable treaty with that Government. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The money market continnas easy; capital is being freely invested at 5 to 6 per cent. The share market is excited and irregular. Railroad bonds have advanced 1 to 2 per cent. The following are the transactions at the Stock Board ; —New York Central, 1371 ; Erie, 118 a ; Hudson River, 1521 ; Harlem, 144 ; Reading, 1411 ; Illinois Central Scrip, 1371; Michigan Central, 145; Michigan Southern, 103; Cleveland and Pitts burg, 120; Galena and Chicago, 1191; Chicago and Rock Island, 124'1 ; Pittsburg, Fort Wagner, and Chicago, 126 ; Pacific Mail, 235. Government Securities are firm; Registered Sixes of 1881, 113 ; do. Coupons, 1131 ; Seven Thirties, 1121 ; One Year Currency Certificates, 991. Gold opened at 1621, and rose rapidly to 1651, closing at that rate. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, March 17.—8 y the arrival of her Majesty's screw corvette Icarus, 11, Acting-Commander Lieut. Boger, on Sunday last, news has been received from Corfu to the Bth inst. The Icarus left Malta, Feb. 26, with the British Vice-Consul at Benghazi on board, and after landing him there on the 29th, and being detained a few hours to enable the surgeon, Dr M'Donald, to amputate the leg of a French seaman, who had no other way of getting the operation performed, she left the same day direct for Corfu, where she arrived on the 6th in , t. After a stay of two de) s she left again for Cephalonia, and embarked at Agostoli on the 9th a large quantity of ordnance stores, including 21 guns of various sizes, while she brought drown with her to Malta. She experienced very fine weather throughout the different passages, which were performed under steam and sail ac cording to circumstances. The Royal Oak, 35, Captain F. Campbell, arrived at Corfu from Malta on the Bth inst., and the Gibraltar, Si, Capt. J. C. Prevost, arrived a few hours afterwards from the Piraeus. The Resistance, 18, Captain Chamberlain, has relieved the Gibraltar at Athens. The Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, had also arrived at Corfu from Malta for the purpcse of embarking stores, and was to call at Ithaca to remove guns from that island. The Cossack, 20, Captain W. R. Rolland, had arrived at Corfu from Zante, and was to return thither for stores. The other vessels at Corfu were the Orlando, 46, Captain G. G. Ran dolph, and the Growler, gunboat, under the command of Lieut. Dent, who had replaced Lieut. Boyd. There were also several hired transports shipping stores, and an Italian frigate. Her Majesty's screw storeship Fox, Master- Commander T. C. Pullen, which arrived on the 7th inst., from Pembroke, left Malta on the 9th for Corfu. The Meeanee, 60, Captain G. Wodehouse, arrived last week from Corfu with a large quantity of stores, and left esterday on return to take in a fresh load. Other ves sels have already proceeded to England with unserviceable stores and guns. The dissatisfaction of the islanders at the destruction of the forts is expressed in various ways, and was unmistakably exhibited on the departure of the 6th Regi ment. Her Majesty's paddlewheel despatch vessel Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Commander Wilkinson, arrived on Tuesday from Constantinople in four days. She is to undergo repairs here, and return to Constantinople in three or four weeks. The Austrian steam gunboat Wall, Commander M. Monfort, arrived on Monday from Corfu, and after replenishing coal and provisions, left for the westward, It is reported that she will join the Austrian squadron that lately called here on its way to Gibraltar. Her Majesty's screw corvette Cos sack, 28, Capt. W. R. Rolland, returned from Corfu yester day afternoon, having in tow the lonian brig St. Demitri, laden with 250 tons of powder. The Cossack left Corfu on the 11th, when there were there the Royal Oak, the Gib raltar, the Orlando, the storeship Fox, the Growler gun beat, and an Austrian frigate, the Radetzky, the Italian frigate (training ship) sailed on the 13th for a cruise. The destruction of the fortifications of Vido and Fort Abraham was actively going on. On the 9th the expected explosion of 4,8001 b. of powder at Fort Abraham took place, and on the 11th there were other explosions of a smaller nature at this fort. On this day, at 4 p.m., the largest explosion (6,6001 b, or three tons) took place at Vido . All the operations have been attended with the fullest success, with most favourable weather. The citadel of Corfu is to be allowed to remain. A portion of the interior works of Fort Neuf has been de stroyed, but the exterior wall is to be left. The Gibraltar is daily expected with powder, and the Royal Oak is to follow shortly with stores. The Cossack will proceed to morrow to Zante to load the hired transport Thornhill with ordnance stores for England. The Thornhill is here, and will leave on Mondayfor Z ante. It was reported and believed that when clear of the island of Corfu the crew of the powder brig St. Demitri intended to blow up the vessel, which was heavily insured, and to prevent this the Cossack was ordered to tow her to Malta, The Icarus left yesterday on return to Corfu, and the Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, left this morning f or th e Pi raeus. T he only s hi ps of war now in port are the Marlborough, 121, flag of Vice- Admiral R. Smart, K.H. ; the Hibernia, receiving ship, flag of Rear-Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8 .; the Cossack, 9 0 ; and the despatch boats Psyche and Caradoc; and the Dutch frigate Prince Mauritz, of the Netherlands. Lieut.-Col. Johnson and Lieut. Empsen, RA., arrived on Tuesday from Marseilles, and Lieut. E. D. C. O'Brien arrived this morning from Marseilles and Italy. Chas. 8.. Slythe, the Italian Consul, left on Tuesday fur Turin, on leave of ab sence. Very satisfactory intelligence has been received of the Malta and Alexandiia electric telegraph. Both the broken ends have been picked up, and telegraphic column- The contract for the manufacture of the rolled armour Plates for the after body of the Lord Warden, ironcased frigate, building at Chatham, has been taken by the firm of Messrs. John Brown and Co., Atlas . Works, Sheffield, at £39 per ton. Nearly the whole of the 6 inch armour plates for the Bellerophon, also building at Chatham, are to be manufactured by Messrs. Chaney and Co., at the Millwall Ironworks, and a considerable portion of the plates required have already been sent into the dockyard by that firm. Under the new regulations adopted by the Admiralty, the discharge of the hired mechanics and labourers at Chatham Dockyard, at the end of the financial year, is to be only nominal, and they are to be re-entered immediately. Commodore Dunlop, C. 13., superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, accompanied by Mr. Ponsonby, the naval secre tary of the yard, yesterday went on board her Majesty's ship Ranger, Commander W. E. Gordon, at the powder buoy off the Royal Arsensal, and mustered and inspected the crew. After the inspection the Ranger left the buoy for Greenhithe, whore she will swing for the adjustment of her eemlasses for sea. Her destination is the West Coast of Africa, to aid in suppressing the traffic in slaves. Mr, Race's ironcased experimental sloop Enterprise, in dock at Woolwich, is ordered to be undccked on Thursday next. Commander Rowley, appointed to the cimmar:d on the 10th of Docember, 1863, Will on Saturday formally com mission the Enterprise, and ho . st his pennant on board. The two 70-pounder naval guns and four 12 •pounder breach-loaders manufactured by Mr. Whitworth, and in tended for the competitive trials at Shoeburyness with a similar number of the Armstrong guns, were yesterday re ceived at Woolwich by Major Freeth, inspector of Artillery, and will be forwarded to Shoeburyness in readiness for the experiments ordered to commence on Saturday, the 2d proximo. An enormous cylinder, weighing 30 tons 16cwt. lqr. 26111, intended for her Majesty's iron ship Minotaur, in the Vic toria Docks, was yesterday received at Woolwich from Messrs. John Penn and Son, having been conveyel by a team of 30 horses. Orders were received yesterday at Portsmouth from the Admiralty to defer the erabarcation of troops and naval supernumeraries for China on board the screw troopship Adventure, and to send the ship out to the Quarantine an chorage at the Motherbank to wait further orders. A caso of smallpox having occurred on board is the cause of these -measures having been taken. This disease is just now very rife in Portsmouth and its Suburbs, fslf is in many other parts. Flans have recently been submitted to the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty by Capt. C. S. Dawson, Royal Fusiliers, doing duty with the Royal Engineers on the na tional defences, for carrying eight or twelve 300 pounder guns (rifled) on the main deck of a ship as ordinary broad side guns, without in any way interfering with the vessel's masts, funnel casings, or the general arrangements of the decks. The plan for carrying eight guns shows five turn table on a line with the ship's keel, and five auxiliary or radial turntables on either broadside with two radial turn tables at the bow and stern. Three of the central turn tables are to carry two guns each. The bow and stern tables carry one each. Each gun will serve four ports, as occa sion may require. On the double turntable the guns are placed muzzle to breach, and by a half turn of the table are run on to their auxiliary tables in front of their respec tive ports, and trained by two men to any angle by the most simple mechanical means. The plan for carrying 12 guns is very similar to the former, the principle being the same, but the arrangement of the guns is different. There are in this ease four central turntables on a line with the ship's keel, and 12 side tables at the ports. Three guns are carried on each of the central tables, and the whole arma ment of the ship is thus concentrated, when stowed as a sea going weight, within a space of 9Gft. in the centre of the ship, and the extremities of the ship are thus materially lightened at sea. These arrangements admit of broadsides being fired, when the guns are brought into action, of 1,5001 b. in the first instance and I,Boolb. in the second, while both sides of the ship are in a state of defence. The advantages claimed tor this system of carrying and fighting guns at sea are :- 1. Concentrating the armament of the ship near the centre of gravity and insuring the chances of the ship's safety at sea. 2..4A certain means of working the heaviest guns through the broadside ports of a ship's main deck. 3. Em ploying shorter, swifter, and more manageable ironclads than at present. 4. Firing a heavier broadside with a smaller crew than at present. 5. A. means of giving ships a thicker armour on their sides than can be done with ships compelled as at present to carry their guns always on their broadsides. The folloming appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty ;—Capt. C, A. Campbell to the Bombay, commissioned; John Stirling, M.D., to be Staff Surgeon in charge of the naval hospital at the Cape; James L. Hearne, midshipman, to the Gladiator; Dr. J. Wingate Johnson promoted to be Inspecter-General of Hospitals ; Charles Morton and William Dickson Smyth, M.D., pro moted to be surgeons; Edward Eckersley and James T. Page, engineers, to the Euryalus, additional, for disposal ; William Chase, Ebenezer Bennet, John Pickles, Angus 31.‘Intyre, John Brown (b), George F. Greaves, Samuel H. Trenham, John Lewthwaite, Robert Paulson, and 'William T. Foyer, assist.-engineers, to the Euryalus, additional, for disposal; James Vcrcoe, engineer, to the Hastings, for the Sandfly ; George H. Lomiale, acting engineer, to the Hastings, for the Lark; Frederick Holden, assist.-engineer, to the Colossus; and Thomas Pringle, assist.-engineer, to the Colossus, fur the tenders. William Broadfoot has been appointed lieutenant in tha Royal Naval Reserva. THE ARMY. Tho following promotions and exchanges in the royal Artillery, as about to take place, were yesterday announced at Woolwich :—Col. E. C. Warde, C 8., at present com manding the Gth Brigade at Portsmouth, to the command of Woolwich Garrison, in succession to Major-Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., whose term of service will expire at the close of next month ; Col. Eardley Wilmot, 7th Brigade, appointed to the Gth Brigade; Col. Buchanan, commanding the 13th Brigade at Woolwich, to command the Royal Artillery in Dublin, vice Col. Fitzmayer, C. 8., Bth Brigade, ordered to India; Col. Cockburn to succeed Col: Buchanan in command of the 13th Brigade at Wool wich; Col. d'Aguilar, C. 8., to the command of the Horse Brigade at Aldershott, to replace Col. the Hon. G. T. Devereux, ordered to Woolwich. Instructions were received yesterday at Portsmouth from headquarters to suspend all further operations upon the Sturbridge Shoal in the construction of the foundations for one of the three proposed marine " Spithead forts." This course has no doubt been adopted by the authorities owing to the insuperable difficulties which exist in finding any foundation of sufficient strength to carry a part of the weight requisite to carry ordnance of the "Big Will" class, which is supposed to be the smallest description of gun with which these ironcased granite works will be armed. Whatever cause, however, may have led to the aban donment of the work, it is understood to be intended now to erect a fort on the Warner Rock, where the three forte would then stand together in a triangular position at the very throat of the narrow entrance to Spithead from the sea Since the Spithead forts have become an acknowledged ne cessity this is really the only position in which the three retained forts ought to be placed. It is the gateway to the only direct entrance to Spithead from the sea, and the bolts and bars fixed to secure it cannot well be too strong. Inside this gateway the enemy must be met and fought, if the bolts and bars are forced and he is still afloat, by our own ironclads. The Sturbridge shoal lies off the town of Ryde, and visitors to the island will remember the mass of staging which rose above the surface of the water at about a quarter of a mile's distance from Itydo pierhead, in the direct track of the steamboats between Itydo and Portsmouth, encircling a, huge iron cylinder, which was being sunk down through the shingle forming the shoal, and surmounted by an odd looking combination of staging, cabin, and an embryo light house. These form the now doomed works, which were erected for the construction of the foundations of the Slur• bridge fort. MURDER AT CAMBRIDGE.—On Friday evening, at 6 o'clock, an old lady named Hunt died at Cam bridge from the effect of a murderous outrage perpetrated. upon her on Sunday the 28th February last. The deceased and another aged lady, named Walker, both widows, lived together at Prospect Cottage, Cambridge, having some small income. On the Sunday evening named a man, wearing a mask, and armed with a bludgeon and a knife, entered the house, forcing his way into Mrs. Hunt's room, pushing the servant who was waiting upon her on one side, and then attacked the poor defenceless old lady with the knife, in flicting some serious wounds on her head and face, beside breaking her arm with the bludgeon. The servant girl screamed " Murder ;" and made her escape from the house to give an alarm. Mrs. Walker, who was upstairs, hearing the cries, put her head out of the window and called for help, when the villain ran upstairs and struck her several violent blows on the back of the head, leaving her almost insensible. The fellow then made off; he threw off the mask, which ho left behind, w ith hi s h a t, c l oa k, and knife, in the house. Outside this house was found the bludgeon. on s Robbery seems to have be en th e so l e mo tive o f the crime. On the following Tuesday m orn i ng William Morley, wins tl Wallis, a young man, by tr a d e a plumber, was arrested by the police. He had been se en in the neighbourhood, and his some of the articles l e ft behind were traced to his with posses sion.hMrs. Hunt, The prisoner had been on friendly o term s trae had been ( t igs Hunt, and only a f ew d a ys before the outrage reading to her an accoun t of the robbery and mur derhighw beforehighway y er death the at Hitchin. A day or two put to her, she gave a tolera Walker, whose deposition was depo sition of Mrs. Hunt was taken, b, a n et d loe , si i dr n esn a c i a tci s of 3 w u, n e rt the t o o I q r h ie s oe s n t i ,o o ru n tl s : rage. 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